Personal Stories

My story

Details: Category: Personal Stories; Published: Thursday, 02 February 2012 17:53; Written by Richard Lutman

For about as long as I can remember I have been a person that stutters. As a young boy my parents thought nothing of my stutter. They thought that, if anything, it would be something I would outgrow with time. When I entered school, my teachers right away identified that I had a stutter, and it was recommended that I take speech therapy, which I did, at the young age of five.

Marvin Klotz: Childhood memories

Details: Category: Personal Stories; Published: Tuesday, 23 August 2011 18:00; Written by Marvin Klotz

This article first appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of CSA Voices.

Marvin Klotz (photo credit: Ali Salem) The King’s Speech has won many awards and revived interest in the phenomenon of “stuttering” (“stammering is the British and supposedly, gentler terminology). Hard as it is to believe, I was not always the slim, agile, silver tongued, long haired role model you have always known and admired. At one time, I couldn’t even say hello on the telephone let alone call strangers – yes I was/am a “stutterer”.

A daughter’s perspective

Details: Category: Personal Stories; Published: Sunday, 27 March 2011 11:06; Written by Teresa Hughes

The Ediinburgh Masker

This article first appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of CSA Voices.

Theresa's father, Mike Hughes, published the Speak Easy newsletter out of his home in New Brunswick for many years. He died in September of 2010.

Stuttering John's Bistro

Details: Category: Personal Stories; Published: Saturday, 17 December 2011 08:41; Written by Lisa Wilder

Johnathon Boville is happy to shoot the breeze with anybody he meets - especially patrons at his new restaurant, Stuttering John's Bistro. The fact that he is a person who stutters has been no barrier to his social life, or to his entrepreneurial spirit. In fact, he believes that, as a memorable characteristic, his stuttering has helped him out as a successful local business person in the town of Oshawa, Ontario. People always remember meeting him.

Alan Rabinowitz: Big Cat Preservationist and Stutterer

Details: Category: Personal Stories; Published: Sunday, 22 May 2011 12:02; Written by Lisa Wilder

Stuttering and Big Cats DVD

The title of this DVD, Stuttering and the Big Cats, might make you think it is the field notes of some imaginative researcher who believes he has found a pride of lions with "roaring impetiments". However, that is not what it is about at all.

Mike Hughes, a Canadian pioneer for stuttering support and self-help

Details: Category: Personal Stories; Published: Sunday, 27 March 2011 10:45; Written by Carla Di Domenicantonio

This article was originally published in the Winter 2011 issue of CSAVoices.

Mike Hughes

I reacted with numbing sadness and disbelief when news arrived that Mike Hughes had passed away on September 22nd, 2010.

Over many years, Mike had been a friend, a supporter and a mentor. We were linked by a common interest in stuttering.

For 22 years Mike Hughes was the Executive Director of Speak Easy Canada Inc., Canada’s first, charitable organization for people who stutter, which he founded in 1984. Based in Saint John, New Brunswick, Mike was already involved in helping those who, like him, stuttered.

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My story

Marvin Klotz: Childhood memories

A daughter’s perspective

Stuttering John's Bistro

Alan Rabinowitz: Big Cat Preservationist and Stutterer

Mike Hughes, a Canadian pioneer for stuttering support and self-help

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